Sexual Revolution: 50 Years Since Humanae Vitae

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1 Sexual Revolution: 50 Years Since Humanae Vitae Synopsis: Seven years in the making, SEXUAL REVOLUTION seeks to examine the effects of the free-love experiment of the hippie generation and the prophetic encyclical, Humanae Vitae. This beautiful documentary closely examines the history of the parallel developments of the Pill and modern Natural Family Planning (NFP) by telling the little known story of the founding doctors Dr. Gregory Goodwin Pincus and Drs. John & Evelyn Billings - all of whom were once colleagues. The centerpiece of the film is the dramatic life story of Alana Newman, a talented secular musician who gives up her entire musical career for life, family, and love. Alana shares how through desperation to know her father, she finally discovers the treasures of Theology of the Body, Humanae Vitae, and the riches of true freedom through a dramatic conversion. Cast: Alana Newman Alana Newman is a writer and musician. She is the founder of The Anonymous Us Project an online story collective for those affected by donor-conception, a state leader for Canavox a grassroots marriage movement, and a certified NFP-teacher in the Billings Ovulation Method. Her work has been featured in Newsweek, NPR, BBC and other media outlets around the world. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., is the Archbishop of Philadelphia. Before his appointment to Philadelphia by Pope Benedict in 2011, he served as Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota and Archbishop of Denver. He is the author of four books and has written extensively on human sexuality, civil society and life-issues. Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP Most Reverend Anthony Fisher OP, is the Archbishop of Sydney, Australia. He serves as a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith and on the Pontifical Academy for Life. He has a doctorate in Bioethics from University of Oxford and has published extensively in bioethics and moral theology.

2 Dr. Janet Smith Janet Smith is a Professor of Moral Theology at the Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan. She is arguably the leading expert on Humanae Vitae in the country, the author of Humanae Vitae: A Generation Later and she speaks nationally and internationally on Catholic teachings on sexuality and on bioethics. More than two million copies of her talk, "Contraception: Why Not" have been distributed. Dr. Peter Kreeft Peter Kreeft is a Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and King's College in New York City. A convert to the Catholic Church, he is a leading apologist and has authored of over 60 books, often tackling doctrines on topics such as heaven, hell, sexuality and suffering. Dr. Robert P. George Robert George serves as the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University. He is considered one of the leading U.S. conservative intellectuals. For seven years he served as a member of the President's Council on Bioethics, and he has authored several books on Natural Law, Marriage and Bioethics. Dr. Helen Alvaré Helen Alvaré is a Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. She regularly speaks on the role of women and the family and is a consultor for the Pontifical Council of the Laity in Rome, an advisor to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and founder of WomenSpeakforThemselves.com. Mary Eberstadt Mary Eberstadt is a Senior Research Fellow at the Faith & Reason Institute, an author and syndicated columnist. She has written for TIME, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, National Review, First Things and two of her books includes Adam and Eve After the Pill: Paradoxes of the Sexual Revolution, and How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization. Christopher West Christopher West is an author and speaker and the world s most recognized teacher of John Paul II s Theology of the Body. He is a cofounder of the Theology of the Body Institute and his books and lectures cover Christian anthropology, marriage, sexuality, and family life. Abby Johnson Abby Johnson is a leading pro-life activist. She used to work at Planned Parenthood as a clinic director but resigned in 2009 after having watched an abortion on ultrasound. She is the founder of And Then There Were None, a ministry designed to assist abortion clinic workers out of the industry.

3 Dr. Day Gardner Day Gardner is a leading pro-life activist and the founder and President of The National Black Pro Life Union. She is a former National Director of Black Americans for Life as well as the first black woman to be named as a semi-finalist of the internationally renowned Miss America. Dr. Mark Regnerus Mark Regnerus is a Sociology Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. His main research fields of interest are sexual behavior, relationship dynamics, and religion. His books include Cheap Sex: The Transformation of Men, Marriage, and Monogamy, Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think about Marrying and Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers. Dr. Angela Franks Angela Franks is a Professor of Theology at the Theological Institute for the New Evangelization at St. John's Seminary in Boston. She writes and speaks on abortion, eugenics, marriage, Humanae Vitae, life issues, and feminism. Her books include Contraception and Catholicism: What the Church Teaches and Why and Margaret Sanger s Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility. Dr. Bradford Wilcox Bradford Wilcox is the Director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia. He is also a Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies. He is one of the nation's leading research experts on marriage, fatherhood, religion and family life and his work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today among others. Fr. Tad Pacholczyk Fr. Tad Pacholczyk serves as the Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. He is a priest of the diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts who travels widely to speak on bioethics and medical ethics. He has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Yale University, degrees in philosophy and biochemistry and worked for several years as a molecular biologist at Harvard Medical School. Pilar Vigil, MD Professor Pilar Vigil has a PhD in Biological Sciences and has for the last 30 years worked in reproductive medicine including fertility, infertility and natural family planning. She has written three books and is one of the world's most sought-after experts on fertility. She is the president of the San Lucas

4 Academy, the current president of Teen STAR International and serves as a member on the Pontifical Academy for Life. Marguerite Duane, MD Marguerite Duane is a board certified family physician, an Adjunct Associate Professor at Georgetown University, and the co-founder and Executive Director of FACTS the Fertility Appreciation Collaborative to Teach the Science a group dedicated to educating healthcare colleagues and students about fertility awareness based methods. Steven Mosher Steven Mosher is an internationally recognized authority on population issues, and a best-selling author and a leading expert on issues regarding population control. In 1979, Steven was the first American social scientist to be invited to mainland China to study their new one-child policy". After witnessing forced abortions, he turned from being a pro-choice atheist to eventually becoming a Catholic. Sr. Hannah, MC Sr. Hannah is a sister of Missionaries of Charity, established in 1950 by St. Mother Teresa. She serves at the convent in Porirua in Wellington, New Zealand. She is a certified Billings Ovulation Method Instructor and help run the Billings LIFE NZ clinic. Dr. Joe Santamaria Joseph Santamaria was an early pioneer in spreading Natural Family Planning. He was the Head of the Department of Community Medicine at St. Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia and began working with Dr. John Billings, the founder of the Billings Ovulation Method, in Together they also spearheaded the pro-life movement in Australia in the 1970s. Drs. John & Evelyn Billings Drs. John and Evelyn Billings were Australian physicians who studied and developed a method of natural family planning that utilizes cervical mucus to identify patterns of potential fertility and infertility in a woman's menstrual cycle. The Billings Ovulation Method is taught and used in over 100 countries and recognized by the World Health Organization as an effective means to both postpone and achieve pregnancy. St. Mother Teresa Including never-before-seen footage of Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. Her work among the sick and poor in India eventually led to the establishment of her order in over 133 countries where sisters run orphanages, clinics, counseling programs, homes for

5 the sick and dying, as well as centers for women experiencing unplanned pregnancies. Dr. James Brown James Boyed Brown was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne. In the 1940s and 50s, he took an interest in endocrinology and successfully developed methods for synthesizing ovulation-inducing hormones to help anovulatory women to achieve pregnancy. In 1962 he formed a close working relationship with Drs John and Evelyn Billings, and scientifically validated their findings. Marian Corkill Marian Corkill is currently the Chair of the WOOMB Board of Directors and was a member of the first group of teachers in Melbourne when the Drs Billings decided to spread the Method by women to women. She served as the original lead person for OMR&RCA in having Billings Ovulation Method training courses and seminars approved for quality points with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and has been involved in the development of the curricula for the WOOMB Approved Basic, Extension and Correspondence Courses for the training of teachers. Kerry Bourke Kerry Bourke has a Graduate Diploma in Theology from the John Paul II Institute in Melbourne and is currently Executive Director of OMR&RCA Ltd working to promote interest in and funding for the Billings Ovulation Method in the wider Australian community. Her special interest recently has been the development of the Fertility Pinpoint charting app which is proving to be very popular both in Australia and overseas and is being further developed as an online teaching tool. Marie Marshell Marie Marshell spent more than a decade working with the Drs Billings and traveling to China as the lead Billings Ovulation Method trainer. Through this experience she helped enrich and expand the teaching system that forms the basis of the curricula for training now used internationally. she has travelled extensively training and up-skilling teachers throughout the world. She is a member of the Education Committee and was the Study Leader for the Study on the Billings Ovulation Method and the Achievement of Pregnancy. Gillian Barker Gillian Barker worked in the laboratory headed by Professor James Brown where the hormonal validation of the Billings Ovulation Method was completed. Through Dr. Brown's work she became involved in the Billings Ovulation Method and was subsequently trained as a teacher. She later

6 developed curricula for the advanced training of Billings Ovulation Method teachers and is involved in the ongoing development of programs and presentations for training both teachers and medical professionals. Reviews The documentary will impact people deeply. It shows the prophetic nature of the Church's teaching on human sexuality! It will challenge many. I think it has the power to change lives. Jake Samour, Director, Office of Marriage and Family Life, Catholic Diocese of Wichita A refreshing approach to the crisis of sexual morality facing our society. The impressive cinematography and musical score, including songs by Alana herself, make the topic accessible to a wide range of audiences. Sexual Revolution: 50 years after Humanae Vitae is a beautifully executed documentary with a clear message and definitely worth the watch. MarriageUniqueForAReason.org [Sexual Revolution] brings in familiar specialists for accounts of what happened, follows timelines connected to key players, and brings to light results with concise and priceless insights. National Catholic Register "The most life changing and informative story about the evolution of the contraceptive pill and the Billings NFP method. As a Pro Life Napro Technology trained OB/GYN I enjoyed every moment of it!" Monique Ruberu MD, FACOG, Author of Rising with Roses: A Story of Renewal and Lessons Learned "A must see!" The Bismarck Tribune This film is a clear exposition of the dark origins of the Pill, as well as its bright humanitarian alternative, the Billings Ovulation method, which kicked off an era of natural family planning. Catholics will find here a treasure of voices, historical film footage, and visual images to help heal our culture of its birth control wounds. Ana Samuel, PhD, Academic Director - Canavox

The School of Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America

The School of Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America July 25, 2018 will mark the 50 th anniversary of the papal encyclical, Humanae vitae. I am writing to provide you with information about an historic academic symposium that will explore the theology and